Romance Reviews 2023
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Man Hunt (On a Manhunt, #1)
Vanessa Vale
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📄❤️🔥🤓
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📄❤️🔥🤓
This was an ARC I received and holy did I ever love it! Imagine Sixteen Candles mixed with workplace romance, mixed with CEO/assistant… 👀
Overall so good, the main male character was so likable and caring, while the main female character was smart, timid, and loveable! Highly recommend and can definitely see more books in this universe coming in the future!
Psycho Shifters: An enemies-to-lovers romance (Cruel Shifterverse)
Jasmine Mas
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💞🐍🥹
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💞🐍🥹
I was asked by the author to read this series! As for the first book I actually really liked it and thought it had quite a bit of potential!
The spice was hinted at, but nothing really happened… which was disappointing, but overall good enough for me to continue to book 2!
Psycho Fae: Enemies to Lovers Romance (Cruel Shifterverse)
Jasmine Mas
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💞🐍🥹
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💞🐍🥹
I was asked by the author to read this series! So far I like book 1 better than book 2, this series took a bit of turn and I felt lost… I really like the characters, but the plot confuses me.
Overall I still say yes to recommendation and I plan to read book 3. The smut did get better but still not nearly enough to make up for the confusing plot.
Psycho Beasts: Enemies to Lovers Romance (Cruel Shifterverse Book 3)
Jasmine Mas
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💞🐍🥹
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💞🐍🥹
I was asked by the author to read this series! Out of all the books I prefer the first and I will not be reading the 4th.
Overall I loved the characters, but I was so lost with the plot and I felt very confused. The smut was pretty great which is why I say ‘maybe’ for recommendation, but I felt the story needed more clarity and to be more cohesive. I felt like though they were the same characters that each book felt completely different… I will be DNFing the rest of the series unfortunately.
Always Waiting: Pack Russo (The San Francisco Omegas Book 1)
C.P Stewart
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💞🔐‼️
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💞🔐‼️
As far as omegaverse books go this one SLAPPED! The combination of instant attraction, opposites attract, grumpy morally grey men, and more ALLL mixed together was *chefs kiss*.
I have not read past the first book, but I really liked how the plot flowed and the characters developed. Highly recommend!!
Andorra Sector
Lexi C. Foss
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🧟♀️⁉️
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🧟♀️⁉️
I had heard decent things about this book on Tik Tok…. Unfortunately it wasn’t the absolute best.
For a book that sets the scene in a world with zombies… they didn’t show up once. I don’t typically have triggers, but the non-con in this book was a little much and overall it just felt disjointed.
Warning: Spoiler alert!
Captivate (Knot Their Omega)
E. J. Lawson
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💕💊
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💕💊
As far as omegaverse books go I loved this one! The grumpy sunshine aspect was amazing and the overall plot did not feel rushed or unoriginal!
Look the Part
Jewel E. Ann
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🚨🎶🕴🏻
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🚨🎶🕴🏻
This book was great! The beginning more so than the ending, but the plot was interesting and unique. Harrison was amazing character and I loved him to pieces, Flint was a great grumpy to Ellen’s sunshine too!
Painted Scars: An Enemies To Lovers Mafia Romance (Perfectly Imperfect Book 1)
Neva Altaj
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💰️🎨💍
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💰️🎨💍
Overall not bad, but won’t be continuing the series. Felt very cookie cutter as far as mafia romance goes.
Under One Roof
Ali Hazelwood
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🧪🌿🏡
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🧪🌿🏡
So cute and quick - this trilogy of novellas are awesome! Grumpy man, optimistic woman stuck being roommates in the house they both supposedly own… what could be better aside from a full length novel!
Stuck with You
Ali Hazelwood
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🧪🥐🛗
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🧪🥐🛗
Another cute novella in the STEMinist trilogy! Could’ve also read a full length novel of them. Lovers to enemies stranded in an elevator together…. What could possibly happen?
Below Zero
Ali Hazelwood
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🧪❄️🚀
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🧪❄️🚀
An adorable ending to the STEMinist trilogy, an old flame coming to rescue the stubborn scientist that’s stranded in a crevice in the middle of knowhere… 👀
Her Greatest Mistake Special Edition
Hannah Cowan
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⛸️🏒❤️🔥
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⛸️🏒❤️🔥
SUCH a good book - I loved the friends to enemies to lovers aspect.
Suffer in Silence: A Dark Mafia Romance (Malvagio Mafia Duet Book 1)
Kelsey Clayton
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🖤♣️🕴🏼
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🖤♣️🕴🏼
Just an alright book as far as mafia romances go - nothing too special or uniquel, but overall a decent read.
Twisted Game (Filthy Wicked Psychos)
Eva Ashwood
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🖤⁉️☠️
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🖤⁉️☠️
Very dark themes, but overall a decent RH with interesting male characters! I did however DNF the second book....
Pinky Promise
Rebecca Rennick
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💗🧁🍵
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💗🧁🍵
I saw this book all over Tik Tok, and it was actually alright for a grumpy sunshine! I wasn't totally fascinated in the plot of the story, but it was a cute spicy short read!
Love and Other Words
Christina Lauren
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📚️🚗🌲
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📚️🚗🌲
This book was well worth the hype - it was a twist of friends to enemies to lovers with a tragic plot line that nearly made me cry at the end!
Jasper Vale
Devney Perry
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♥️⛰️
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♥️⛰️
I love the Eden's series SO MUCH so it was no surprise that I enjoyed this book - accidental marriage in Vegas but try to play it off like it was intentional... mmmhmmmmm such a good plot!
Man Candy (On A Manhunt Book 2)
Vanessa Vale
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♥️🏒⛸️
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♥️🏒⛸️
I'm not a fan of reverse age gaps... like AT ALL... BUT I was able to get over that for this book. I really liked this story and thought it was cute and well written.
Inked in Lies
Giana Darling
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🏍️🖤
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🏍️🖤
This book was just ok, nothing overly amazing and honestly I almost found it a little weird how much she referred to him as a brother then suddenly was romantically interested in him lol.
Praise
Sara Cate
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♠️♥️
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♠️♥️
There was a lot of hype around this book... and unfortunately I don't think it deserved as much as it got. It was a decent book with a half decent plot and a lot of spice but I wasn't captivated by it like so many have said on BookTok.
Heartless: A Small Town Single Dad Romance
Elsie Silver
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🤠👨🏻🍼🌲
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🤠👨🏻🍼🌲
I could reread this book every few months and never get old of it. The grumpy sunshine mixed with the small town single dad that runs his ranch.... UGH sooooooo good! I absolutely loved this book!
Make You Mine: A Small Town Age Gap Romance (Honey Mountain Series Book 3)
Laura Pavlov
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🌲👨🏼🚒🚒
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🌲👨🏼🚒🚒
OMG this book was so good - I LOVEEEE the plot and the characters in this book. Small town romance with a firefighter single dad... sign me UP!
Flawless: A Small Town Enemies to Lovers Romance
Elsie Silver
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🐂🤠❤️🔥
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🐂🤠❤️🔥
I loved the plot of this story, and overall it was a really good read. I have such a weak spot for small town romances!
Irresistible: A Small Town Single Dad Romance (Cloverleigh Farms Series Book 1)
Melanie Harlow
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🍀👨🏻🍼❣️
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🍀👨🏻🍼❣️
I enjoyed this book and its characters - especially the children! The story itself was good, but not overly amazing and I found myself bored through some chapters.
Latte Darling: Book Two of the Darling Series
S.J. Tilly
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☕️💪🏼🪵
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☕️💪🏼🪵
This was an alright spicy short read - loved the characters and the where the plot could have gone if it were longer!
Right Man, Right Time
Meghan Quinn
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🏒⛸️📰
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🏒⛸️📰
I love Meghan Quinn books and this was no exception!! So damn good!
Man Cave
Vanessa Vale
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The Redo
Max Monroe (Joint pseudonym)
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Wrong For You: A Single Dad, Small Town Romance (I'd Tap That (Knox Creek Standalone Romances))
Harloe Rae
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A Thousand Boy Kisses
Tillie Cole
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💕😭💌
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💕😭💌
I did in fact cry reading this, especially at the end! Overall it was a decent book, but a little overhyped and very predictable.
Always Mine (Honey Mountain, #1)
Laura Pavlov
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Alpha's Claim
Amelia Hutchins
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Pucking Around
Emily Rath
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Pucking Ever After Vol 1
Emily Rath
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The Sixty/Forty Rule
Ellie K Wilde
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The Nanny
Lana Ferguson
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In a Jam
Kate Canterbary
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Twisted Love - Special Edition
Ana Huang
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The Match
Sarah Adams
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Man Splain (On A Manhunt Book 4)
Vanessa Vale
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Sincerly, the Puck Bunny
Maren Moore
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Reckless
Elsie Silver
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Crimson River
Devney Perry
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Happy Place
Emily Henry
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Star Bringer
Tracy Wolff
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Forbidden
Emilia Emerson
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Forbidden
Emilia Emerson
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Rowan: The Lochlann Feuds Complete Series
Robin D. Mahle
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Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros
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The Serpent & the Wings of Night
Carissa Broadbent
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The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King
Carissa Broadbent
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If We Disappear Here
Mindy Hayes
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One Dark Window
Rachel Gillig
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The Bribe (Calamity Montana #1)
Willa Nash
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The Bluff
Willa Nash
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The Brazen (Calamity Montana, #3)
Willa Nash
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The Bully
Willa Nash
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The Brawl (Calamity Montana #5)
Willa Nash
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Wolf of Fire: Paranormal Shifter Romance (Supernatural Curse Book 1)
Krista Street
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Bound of Blood: Paranormal Shifter Romance (Supernatural Curse Book 2)
Krista Street
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Coach
Devney Perry
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Man Scape (On a Manhunt #5)
Vanessa Vale
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To Be Continued: (To Be Continued Series Book 1)
Grace Woods
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Assistant to the Villain
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Contractual Obligations
Elle Rivers
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Tattered
Devney Perry
Rating
👧🏼🐸🌇💰
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👧🏼🐸🌇💰
Such a cute book! Adore Devney’s books and this was no different! Will read more from this series!
Hopeless
Elsie Silver
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